J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2018

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2018 was Jô with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2018

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2018, including the 20 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Jô Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	31	46.2%	24
2.	Patric Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil	31	42.6%	20
3.	Hwang Ui-Jo Gamba Osaka	South Korea	26	39.0%	16
4.	Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	32	29.4%	15
	Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	31	26.3%	15
6.	Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	Brazil	28	33.3%	13
	Hugo Vieira Yokohama F. Marinos	Portugal	30	23.2%	13
	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	22	23.2%	13
9.	Ken Tokura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	32	25.0%	12
10.	Douglas Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	30	19.6%	11
	Kengo Kawamata Júbilo Iwata	Japan	29	31.4%	11
	Musashi Suzuki V-Varen Nagasaki	Japan	24	28.2%	11
	Takuma Nishimura Vegalta Sendai	Japan	22	25.0%	11
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	22	22.0%	11
15.	Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers/Sagan Tosu	Japan	29	-	10
	Shota Kaneko Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	23	17.9%	10
17.	Ataru Esaka Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	26	19.1%	9
	Jay Bothroyd Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	England	36	18.8%	9
	Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	16.1%	9
	Yusuke Segawa Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	19.1%	9

The age of the players is when the season ended at 1 December 2018

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Musashi Suzuki V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagoya Grampus - V-Varen Nagasaki 3-4 Sat 15 september 2018	3 8', 53', 56'
Jô Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Urawa Red Diamonds 4-1 Sun 26 august 2018	3 44', 70', 79'
Fabricio Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa Red Diamonds - Júbilo Iwata 4-0 Wed 15 august 2018	3 55', 61', 90'
Jô Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Gamba Osaka 3-2 Sun 5 august 2018	3 61', 79', 84'
Sho Ito Yokohama F. Marinos	Vegalta Sendai - Yokohama F. Marinos 2-8 Wed 18 july 2018	3 12', 33', 59'
Hugo Vieira Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Shonan Bellmare 4-4 Sat 21 april 2018	3 27', 44', 44'
Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	V-Varen Nagasaki - FC Tokyo 2-5 Sun 8 april 2018	3 4', 50', 56'

The season start for J1 League 2018 was 23 February 2018, the finishing round was being played 1 December 2018. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.